William Wolfe
This morning
What to do in London this morning: a Morning Reviver at D.R. Harris, then kippers at The WolseleyThe only coffee shop I’d happily die in: Bar Italia, SohoBest pub on the planet: The Golden Lion, Osmotherley. Don’t tell anyoneShirt shopping is strictly observed in the morningDog-friendly hotel of the week: Chewton Glen (mind the weight limit)The best sausage in London: Jago’s, ChelseaWhat to do in London this morning: a Morning Reviver at D.R. Harris, then kippers at The WolseleyThe only coffee shop I’d happily die in: Bar Italia, SohoBest pub on the planet: The Golden Lion, Osmotherley. Don’t tell anyoneShirt shopping is strictly observed in the morningDog-friendly hotel of the week: Chewton Glen (mind the weight limit)The best sausage in London: Jago’s, Chelsea
no. 8 of William Wolfe’s 100 best British hotels

Durrants Hotel

Marylebone

DDurrants Hotel, Marylebone

Mr Wolfe’s review of Durrants Hotel

  • Privately owned
  • Historic building
  • Superb service

Owned by the same family for nearly a century, Durrants is a Georgian townhouse hotel that appears not to have noticed the 21st century, and is all the better for it. Leather armchairs, hunting prints and a porter who has seen everything twice.

It is wonderfully unfashionable in the very best sense and remarkably good value for a house so close to the Wallace Collection. The Grill Room serves a Dover sole that would make a man of the cloth weep.